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Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Engineered by Tom Knox, also Hold the Line, Afraid of Love and Good for You
Written by David Paich, also Hold the Line, Afraid of Love and Lovers in the Night
Mixed by Elliot Scheiner, also Afraid of Love, Good for You and It’s a Feeling
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Greg Ladanyi engineered 7 of Toto’s top 10 songs
Al Schmitt engineered 304 songs on fono
Niko Bolas engineered 227 songs on fono
Credits
All 34 credits
- Written by
- David Paich and Jeff Porcaro
- Produced by
- Bruce Dickinson and Toto
- Performed by
- Bobby Kimball, David Hungate, David Paich, Jean-Michel Byron, Jeff Porcaro, Jim Horn, Joe Porcaro, Lenny Castro, Mike Porcaro, Steve Lukather, Steve Porcaro and Timothy B. Schmit
- Engineered by
- Al Schmitt, Bruce Heigh, David Leonard, David Paich, Dick Gall, Greg Ladanyi, James Ledner, Jim Horn, Lon LeMaster, Niko Bolas, Peggy McCreary, Steve Porcaro, Terry Christian and Tom Knox
- Mixed by
- Elliot Scheiner and Greg Ladanyi
- Part of
- Toto IV
- Released on
- Columbia
- Written by
- David Paich and Jeff Porcaro
- Produced by
- Bruce Dickinson and Toto
- Performed by
- Bobby Kimball, David Hungate, David Paich, Jean-Michel Byron, Jeff Porcaro, Jim Horn, Joe Porcaro, Lenny Castro, Mike Porcaro, Steve Lukather, Steve Porcaro and Timothy B. Schmit
- Engineered by
- Al Schmitt, Bruce Heigh, David Leonard, David Paich, Dick Gall, Greg Ladanyi, James Ledner, Jim Horn, Lon LeMaster, Niko Bolas, Peggy McCreary, Steve Porcaro, Terry Christian and Tom Knox
- Mixed by
- Elliot Scheiner and Greg Ladanyi
- Part of
- Toto IV
- Released on
- Columbia
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Tom Knox
Same mixer: Elliot Scheiner
Same label: Columbia
Same mixer: Elliot Scheiner
Same producer: Bruce Dickinson
Same label: Columbia
Same writer: David Paich
Same mixer: Elliot Scheiner
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Africa was performed by Bobby Kimball
2MusicBrainz Africa was performed by David Hungate
3MusicBrainz Africa was performed by David Paich
4MusicBrainz Africa was performed by Jean-Michel Byron
Africa was performed by Jean-Michel Byron
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5MusicBrainz Africa was performed by Jeff Porcaro
6MusicBrainz Africa was performed by Jim Horn
7MusicBrainz Africa was performed by Joe Porcaro
8MusicBrainz Africa was performed by Lenny Castro
9MusicBrainz Africa was performed by Mike Porcaro
10MusicBrainz Africa was performed by Steve Lukather
11MusicBrainz Africa was performed by Steve Porcaro
12MusicBrainz Africa was performed by Timothy B. Schmit
Africa was performed by Timothy B. Schmit
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13MusicBrainz Africa was produced by Bruce Dickinson
14MusicBrainz Africa was produced by Toto
15MusicBrainz Africa was written by David Paich
16MusicBrainz Africa was written by Jeff Porcaro
17MusicBrainz Africa is part of the release Toto IV
18MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song Africa
Columbia is the label of the song Africa
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19MusicBrainz Africa was engineered by Al Schmitt
20MusicBrainz Africa was engineered by Bruce Heigh
21MusicBrainz Africa was engineered by David Leonard
22MusicBrainz Africa was engineered by David Paich
23MusicBrainz Africa was engineered by Dick Gall
24MusicBrainz Africa was engineered by Greg Ladanyi
25MusicBrainz Africa was engineered by James Ledner
26MusicBrainz Africa was engineered by Jim Horn
27MusicBrainz Africa was engineered by Lon LeMaster
28MusicBrainz Africa was engineered by Niko Bolas
29MusicBrainz Africa was engineered by Peggy McCreary
30MusicBrainz Africa was engineered by Steve Porcaro
31MusicBrainz Africa was engineered by Terry Christian
Africa was engineered by Terry Christian
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 29, 2026
32MusicBrainz Africa was engineered by Tom Knox
33MusicBrainz Africa was mixed by Elliot Scheiner
34MusicBrainz Africa was mixed by Greg Ladanyi
35MusicBrainz The genre of Africa is classic rock
36MusicBrainz The genre of Africa is hard rock
37MusicBrainz The genre of Africa is pop
38MusicBrainz The genre of Africa is pop rock
39MusicBrainz The genre of Africa is rock
40MusicBrainz The genre of Africa is soft rock
41MusicBrainz Africa was released on 1982-04-08